- Brandon Baumbach joined the EDC team as our business development projects coordinator and he hit the ground running, meeting with community leaders in Northwood, Larimore, and Grand Forks and joining the Metropolitan Planning Organization planning committee as the EDC rep.
- Elbit Systems America, a leading Israeli based unmanned systems company, made history in North Dakota and the world with the inaugural launch of a large-scale unmanned system flying in national air space for commercial use.Terry Sando has been instrumental in coordinating their precision ag research project, which uses their Hermes 450 system to scan and collect data from fields.
- We co-hosted an informational breakfast with the North Dakota Trade Office and GFK Airport Authority to introduce area companies to the benefits of using the region’s foreign trade zone (FTZ). If you missed it, learn more here.
- Base Realignment Impact Coordinator (BRIC) Tom Ford was invited to attend the 2016 National Security Forum at the Air War College. More …
- Brandon attended New Developers Day at the ND Department of Commerce as part of his introduction to economic development.
- Keith Lund met with the Greenberg Realty team to give them an update on the EDC’s projects and initiatives.
- Thanks to Northrop Grumman for inviting us to meet with your Grand Sky team leaders and brief them on how the region is poised to support your Grand Sky plans. It was great to see the construction progress on your anchor spot at the UAS business park.
- You might have noticed a new look with this Top 10….it coincides with our newly redesigned website. Check it out here…
- Terry and Klaus attended a workshop as part of the International Centralia Conference in Winnipeg to learn more about Arctic missions opportunities for the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
- Keith Lund has joined the board of the Altru Foundation.